Microsoft Research has unveiled Fara-7B, a compact 7-billion parameter AI model designed to run “computer use” agents directly on local devices. By processing screen pixels entirely on-device, the new ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

Microsoft used Ignite 2025 to push Azure Cosmos DB further into AI search and agentic workflows, highlighting new capabilities aimed at developers building retrieval-heavy applications and multi-agent ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Upgrading to Windows 11 is still possible even after Windows 10 reached the end of support on October 14, 2025. Although many devices continue to run the retired operating system, switching to Windows ...

ThioJoe demonstrates an official method to set up a local account in Windows Pro without using a Microsoft account, explaining the limitations for Home Edition. He also critiques Microsoft's reasoning ...

Microsoft Corp. is warning investors about a new risk to its expansive data center plans: local backlash. “We also face community opposition, local moratoriums and hyper-local dissent that may impede ...

The latest Windows 11 Insider Dev build removes all "known mechanisms" that allowed users to bypass the online Microsoft account requirement during Windows 11 setup. Microsoft is cracking down on ...

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Microsoft's latest Insider Preview, Build 26220.6772, introduces a significant policy change: removal of known workarounds to skip Microsoft Account setup during Windows 11 installation (OOBE).

Not long ago, a single command line was enough to bypass the mandatory Microsoft account requirement during the Windows 11 OOBE (Out-of-Box Experience) setup process. But that loophole is now closed ...

Microsoft is once again tightening its grip on the Windows 11 setup process, disabling another popular workaround for creating a local user account. The change, detailed in the latest Insider Preview ...